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yea, on july 1st i found out i had recieved the rank of PFC. Due to having off the 3rd-the7th and only being back at work on the 8th, thats when i found out there was a ceremony on the 3rd where all the people who advanced were pinned, and well like i said since i had off, no one bothered calling me to tell me about it. So today, i finally started wearing my new rank. 2 others in my platoon also got promoted and to be honest i think thats total BS. First off, i think it took way too long for my unit to promote me. I have just shy of 11 months in service and all those in rank as well, PV2. Automatic promotion is at 1 year time in service. so with the waiver i apparently got, i got it only like 45 days earlier. big whoop. I was first tld i was getting a waiver back in March... so yeah im a little annoyed. Also those 2 others that got promoted, do NOT deserve the waivers. They are stupid and dont know what it means to be a soldier. its so irritaiting. Keep in mind i'm in a distribution unit(distro) and mainly drive trucks, we arent mechanices though, yet im the only one with a mechanics backgroud. I've went above and beyond my job duties several times by fixing stuff when we were in a pinch, yet those higher up dont know nor care. Ive brought my feelings up to my one Sgt and he kinda agrees but has no control of that. I am however gonna be working really hard and making it known i want my waiver to E4(specialist) as soon as im eligable(at 8 months from now). And if that happens, i'm hoping to get my SGT stripes right when we return from deployment. All my immediate Sgts know how hard i work and are pretty sure i'll be on the fast track to being an NCO, (Sgt: non-commissioned officer) around my 2.5 year mark in the service. but as of right now i still annoyed i can't pull rank just yet over these morons in my platoon....